Who funds air quality research?

We count 61 funded air quality projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 8 funders. The most came from EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (8 projects), EU · ERC (6 projects) and NSF · ENG (6 projects). The median award is $1.9M, across the 60 of 61 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

61

Funders

8

Median award

$1.9M

Open calls now

3

Top funders of air quality research

Projects whose title or summary mentions air quality. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open air quality funding calls

3 open calls mention air quality today.

• AIR QUALITY
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SBIR)Not specifiedDeadline: November 8, 2026 ·
• Assessing the effect of airport operations on air quality and noise in nearby communities
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €3,500,000Deadline: April 14, 2027 ·
• Developing effective air quality planning strategies through innovative multi-scale modelling
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €4,900,000Deadline: September 22, 2027 ·

Funded air quality projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• CAREER: Characterizing Chemical Emissions and Multiphase Transformations from Personal Care Product Use in Indoor Environments
  NSF · ENG · $545,869 · ends 2031
• Clean cities and communities coalition outreach, engagement, and market tracking program clean cities and communities (cc&c) coalitions…
  DOE · $215,000 · ends 2031
• LEAP-HI: Advancing Precision Neighborhood Scale Weather Forecasting with Autonomous Aircraft Systems and Adaptive Microscale Models
  NSF · ENG · $2,000,000 · ends 2030
• CAREER: Synergistic Urban Environmental Modeling: From Microclimate Dynamics to Community Resilience
  NSF · ENG · $549,999 · ends 2030
• CLEAR-IT: Climate-Lung Effects via Airborne Risks - an International Translational Network
  Wellcome · £2,041,345 · ends 2030
• CAIG: Advancing Wildfire Detection, Evolution, and Control Through Super-Resolution of Satellite Data and Physics-Guided Deep Learning
  NSF · GEO · $1,054,579 · ends 2029
• SCC-IRG: TREE-CARE: Treefall Risk Evaluation and Empowerment for Community Assessment and Resilience Enhancement
  NSF · CISE · $1,199,990 · ends 2029
• Constraining iodine cycling and redox transformations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
  NSF · GEO · $679,773 · ends 2029
• Elements: Aerosol Model Benchmarking Repository and Standards (AMBRS): A Community Cyberinfrastructure for Process-Level Aerosol Model Evaluation
  NSF · CISE · $593,169 · ends 2029
• Indoor air quality and temperature in pig barns play a critical role in animal health, productivity, and farm profitability
  USDA · $299,987 · ends 2029

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “air quality”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.